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Last September, China conducted its first test launch of an unarmed but nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) since the 1980s, during which the missile reached the South Pacific.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
But some certainly stood out, including the DF-61, a huge intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) carried on an eight-axle truck that would be the PLA Rocket Force’s first new ICBM since the DF-41 was introduced at a 2019 military parade.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Katie Parks, the service’s deputy ICBM program executive officer, told the town hall that new silos could address shortcomings at some current facilities.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Over War Game Concerns How U.S. Minuteman III Tests Stack Up Against Russia's ICBM Track Record
Some suggest that the plane suffered a mechanical failure of some kind, while other, more conspiratorial, theories claim that staff aboard the flight planned to hijack the plane for other purposes.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Originally designed as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Atlas F was later repurposed to launch satellites, including Parcae.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
Ukrainian officials say Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
Late last week, Russia's military planned to launch a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a test flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
The United States first deployed it in 1970 with the Minuteman III ICBM, according to the National Museum of the US Air Force.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
But some certainly stood out, including the DF-61, a huge intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) carried on an eight-axle truck that would be the PLA Rocket Force’s first new ICBM since the DF-41 was introduced at a 2019 military parade.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Katie Parks, the service’s deputy ICBM program executive officer, told the town hall that new silos could address shortcomings at some current facilities.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Over War Game Concerns How U.S. Minuteman III Tests Stack Up Against Russia's ICBM Track Record
Some suggest that the plane suffered a mechanical failure of some kind, while other, more conspiratorial, theories claim that staff aboard the flight planned to hijack the plane for other purposes.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Originally designed as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Atlas F was later repurposed to launch satellites, including Parcae.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
Ukrainian officials say Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
Late last week, Russia's military planned to launch a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a test flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
The United States first deployed it in 1970 with the Minuteman III ICBM, according to the National Museum of the US Air Force.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
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“ICBM.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ICBM. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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ICBM
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: an intercontinental ballistic missile
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